Firm Rankings

Scotland: Crime, fraud and licensing

Crime: fraud

MTM Defence Lawyers has experience defending major fraud cases before Scottish courts. Highlights for the â€˜approachable and knowledgeableâ€™Â Neil Hay included representing the accused in a high-value mortgage fraud case in an ongoing case involving a substantial investigation and the firmâ€™s forensic accounting capabilities.Â Murray Aitken represented a former high-street bank employee who was accused of embezzling a large amount of money over a 10 year period, in a case which was subsequently dropped.

Crime: general

The â€˜excellentâ€™ team at MTM Defence LawyersÂ stands out for its ability to offer â€˜solid supportâ€™ to clients facing a wide variety of criminal charges, with particular expertise in cases involving serious sexual offences and domestic violence. The firm also regularly takes on appeals, often referred by other firms. â€˜Outstanding, with a reassuring mannerâ€™, Neil HayÂ leads the practice and has extensive High Court experience; Martin MorrowÂ specialises in high-profile violence and disorder cases and appeals; the â€˜compassionate and professionalâ€™ Murray Aitken focuses on cases involving young people and people whose first language is not English. Also recommended are Associate Solicitor, Lynn Swan (who regularly deals with road traffic offences) and criminal defence solicitor Hazel McGuinness, who is experienced in jury trial defence that involves assault, drugs and sexual offences.

Top immigration lawyers were shocked to hear that a recent investigation carried out by The Times newspaper found that the Home Office made a profit of Â£500 million in 2018 from the increase in fees of many UK immigration applications. We were also shocked to hear that the Home Office has actually doubled its profits over the last 4 years wherein 2014 it made Â£260 million which is almost half of what was gained in 2018 i.e Â£500 million.

Immigration solicitors London confirm that on the August 8th 2019, UK PM Boris Johnson announced that in the light of Brexit, his government will create a new Global Talent Visa to make a fast track system that will encourage the migration of leading individuals who have an expertise in the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEMâ€™s) into the UK.

Our team of immigration lawyers analysed a set of statistics from the Home Office that measured UK immigration entries and it showed that the new Tier 1 Innovator Visa and Tier 1 Start-Up Visa routes have not been very successful since their inauguration on 29th March 2019.

Our team of immigration solicitors confirm that after the most recent political developments on Brexit in Westminister the UK Government, will, once again, change its position on EU immigration in the UK and will be liberalising the rules for them after a possible no-deal Brexit.